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Offline dw230

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2015, 01:50:51 PM »
I always like your stories Stan.

A reader can be assured that there MAY be a moment of truth in any of them.

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Offline Ken Yooper

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2015, 06:26:33 PM »
I witnessed this car run on the salt - summer of 1971.    As I remember - 144 MPH - but it has been a while - -  Jack Reed was the driver - -
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Offline FABRK8R

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« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2015, 07:15:32 PM »
I appreciate all of the observations & insights.

God Bless & Godspeed,

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Offline Jack Gifford

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #18 on: February 26, 2015, 12:58:04 AM »
What I'm getting out of this- is that tank-bodied lakester guys should probably be thinking front-engine/front-wheel-drive [periscope for forward vision?].
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Offline FABRK8R

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2015, 09:11:32 AM »
Forward engine woul solve CG forward of CP,... periscopes are illegal according to RB.
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Offline Elmo Rodge

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #20 on: February 26, 2015, 09:36:41 AM »
I think I'm beginning to understand why all the fish around here gave up trying to swim backwards.  :wink: Wayno
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Offline salt27

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2015, 11:12:02 AM »
Quote from: Elmo Rodge on February 26, 2015, 09:36:41 AM
I think I'm beginning to understand why all the fish around here gave up trying to swim backwards.  :wink: Wayno


That's because fish are rear wheel drive, consider the crawfish.   :-D
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Offline Elmo Rodge

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #22 on: February 26, 2015, 12:56:30 PM »
OK. Maybe that's why I gave up trying to swim backwards.  :roll:  :cheers: Wayno
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Offline tortoise

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #23 on: February 26, 2015, 01:45:52 PM »
A good legless driver would ease packaging problems considerably. 
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Offline debgeo

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« Reply #24 on: February 26, 2015, 02:28:40 PM »
I am ready to go. I lost both legs above knee in an accident Short and compact. :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #25 on: August 07, 2015, 12:42:06 PM »
Sounds like a lot of people know to much, to try something different!
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Offline Peter Jack

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« Reply #26 on: August 07, 2015, 01:21:00 PM »
Quote from: nebulous on August 07, 2015, 12:42:06 PM
Sounds like a lot of people know to much, to try something different!

Spoken by a truly successful innovator. It may be worth listening a little closer to Jack!  :-D :-D :-D

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Offline roadcow

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #27 on: November 26, 2015, 10:02:46 PM »
My partner and I just bought an uncompleted Lakester project. It's  a turned around 19' Belly tank with frame , steering and aluminum hand made canopy already installed. It will be a solid chassis, VW powered. I can't post pictures from my phone, but the shape is similar to the first post in this thread. My question is, would extending the tail piece to a longer taper and thus hopefully making a  bit less drag, would that help?
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Offline panic

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« Reply #28 on: November 27, 2015, 09:47:32 AM »
would that help

Yes, but I'll defer to another participant to predict how much.
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Offline Stainless1

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Re: Reverse Belly Tank Design
« Reply #29 on: November 27, 2015, 04:25:46 PM »
Quote from: roadcow on November 26, 2015, 10:02:46 PM
My partner and I just bought an uncompleted Lakester project. It's  a turned around 19' Belly tank with frame , steering and aluminum hand made canopy already installed. It will be a solid chassis, VW powered. I can't post pictures from my phone, but the shape is similar to the first post in this thread. My question is, would extending the tail piece to a longer taper and thus hopefully making a  bit less drag, would that help?

I'd probably try it like it is... then while you are doing that, get help from one of the CFD guys to analyze what you have to see what improvement can be made.... but I'm with Jack... I'd try it.  LSR is a long term commitment.
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